By Elizabeth Karam, U.S. Ski Team ZAUCHENSEE, Austria -– Olympic champion Lindsey Vonn of Vail kept the podium streak alive in Zauchensee, finishing second in Sunday’s super G behind Switzerland’s Lara Gut. Vonn continued to close the gap in the overall World Cup standings, gaining 40 points on German Maria Riesch. Vonn now has five […]
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By Jessie Marchesseau STATELINE — For the most part, the trek was silent, save for the sounds of nature and the crunching of crusty snow beneath nearly a hundred snowshoes. The troupe of 37 participants and six guides traveled single file along the already packed down trail. The snow was unusually deep for this time […]
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Enjoy another beautiful day on the mountain, with temperatures in the high 30s. Here is the ski report from Curtis Fong, the Guy from Tahoe.
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By U.S. Ski Team ZAUCHENSEE, Austria -– Olympic champion Lindsey Vonn of Vail nearly skied into the fence Saturday, but reeled it back in to win the women’s Audi FIS Alpine World Cup downhill in Zauchensee, her fourth win of the season. Vonn gained 50 points on overall leader Maria Reisch of Germany, who finished […]
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By U.S. Ski Team Olympic medalist Andrew Weibrecht of Lake Placid will miss the remainder of the 2011 Audi FIS Alpine World Cup tour with a season-ending shoulder injury, announced U.S. Ski Team Medical Director Kyle Wilkens Friday. Weibrecht suffered a dislocated left shoulder while training slalom in Hinterreit, Austria, prior to the annual post […]
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By Matt Weiser, Sacramento Bee The bird wears anonymous tan plumage and often tries to blend into a crowd. Few people know it visits California, much less spends most of its time here. The mountain plover has been hiding in plain sight in California for decades. But that’s about to change. A major new survey […]
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By Kathryn Reed FALLEN LEAF LAKE – Snow glistens as though ice crystals are diamonds in the wild. Wind gusts send clouds of snow off the top of Mount Tallac. Fallen Leaf Lake is still, beckoning the dogs to swim in the icy water. It’s one of those postcard days in Lake Tahoe. Everywhere you […]
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By Freddy Perryman, U.S. Ski Team ST. JOHANN, Austria – John Teller of Mammoth Mountain made history scoring the first World Cup win for an American in Thursday’s skicross race. Thursday’s result was a career best for the American Skicross Association skier as he landed on the podium for the second straight event. He started […]
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Conditions today are expected to be gorgeous. Check out the ski report from Curtis Fong, the Guy from Tahoe.
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The fast-paced action sport of slopestyle skiing has been confirmed for the International Ski Federation’s Freestyle World Ski Championships being hosted by February by Deer Valley and Park City Mountain Resorts. The slopestyle event, which is one of three new action sports events being considered for inclusion in the 2014 Olympic Winter Games, will be […]
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